The Passage
by Justin Cronin · first published 2010
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The Passage is a novel by Justin Cronin, published in 2010 by Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. The Passage debuted at #3 on the New York Times hardcover fiction best seller list, and remained on the list for seven additional weeks. It is the first novel of a completed trilogy; the second book The Twelve was released in 2012, and the third book The City of Mirrors released in 2016.
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Iain M. Banks the Culture novels are wonderful, there are 9 of them. Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth universe and the new one Salvation are great. My favorite in the last 10 years or so is The Passage by Justin Cronin, when I started reading it felt like I was reading early Stephen King. He is the best writer of the above, and the story is compelling. There are two more books in The Passage trilogy.…
on “Ask HN: Recent sci-fi recommendations” ↗The best thing about the apocalypse that I have read is Justin Cronin's "The Passage" - book one of a trilogy, I'm a little way into book 2 "The Twelve". Although, if The Passage were to happen all your preparations would be for naught!
on “Doomsday planning for less crazy folk” ↗The Passage by Justin Cronin
on “Ask HN: What books are you reading” ↗"I never heard in a disaster novel of people having problem to find glasses," Justin Cronin, The Passage. It's a hundred years after the world ended, one minor character is terribly near-sighted. And he's gone through all of the glasses 'from the old days' his small community has in the storeroom and none…
on “Hey disaster novelists: Remember bicycles” ↗